June Knox-Mawer, née Ellis (10 May 1930 in Wrexham, Wales – 19 April 2006) was a British writer of non-fiction books and romance novels and a radio broadcaster. In 1992, her novel Sandstorm won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.[1]

June Ellis Knox-Mawer
BornJune Ellis
(1930-05-10)10 May 1930
Wrexham, Wales, UK
Died19 April 2006(2006-04-19) (aged 75)
Pen nameJune Knox-Mawer
OccupationWriter, novelist, radio broadcaster
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
Period1961–2001
GenreRomance
Notable awardsRoNA Award
SpouseRonald Knox-Mawer (1951–2007)
Children2

Biography

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Knox-Mawer was born June Ellis on 10 May 1930 in Wrexham, Wales, UK, daughter of Frank Ellis, an accountant,[2] and was raised in rural Denbighshire. She worked on the Chester Chronicle.[3] In 1951, she married Ronald Knox-Mawer (1925–2009), a barrister and member of the colonial judiciary; they had a son a and a daughter.[2] The married couple lived in Arabia and Fiji, which inspired her writing. In 1972, they returned to the UK. She died on 19 April 2006, aged 75.[3]

Bibliography

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Non-fiction

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  • The Sultans Came to Tea (1961)
  • A Gift of Islands: Living in Fiji (1965)
  • A South Sea Spell (1975)
  • Tales from Paradise: Memories of the British in the South Pacific (1986)
  • A Ram in the Well: A Welsh Homecoming (2001)

Novels

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  • Marama (1972) aka Marama of the Islands
  • Sandstorm (1992)
  • The Shadow of Wings (1995)

References and sources

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  1. ^ Awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association, 7 October 2012
  2. ^ a b Pacific Islands Year Book and Who's Who, Pacific Publications, 1968
  3. ^ a b June Knox-Mawer's Obituary at The Telegraph, 7 October 2012